final days

Last night we got home from the Uma Eye Clinic and dinner at Kumarakom to find that the cockroaches in our bathroom had bred and there were little baby cockroaches all over the bathroom sink. Thankfully we had the hotel staff clean it and I haven't seen too many yet.

Today, Anna, Jean, and I went to the Lasik Center instead of camp and since there were no patients, we watched videos of how it was done. That didn't take long at all and afterwards, we went to Spencers Plaza to do some shopping. Right after shopping, Anna and I went to the Uma Eye Clinic because there were free patients there and we could do more hands on work with them. The free patients are ones from the slums and villages that need cataract surgery. Again, the sanitation here is not as good as it should be. The instrument we were using was a probe that was touched to the pupil of the eye for a few seconds. Between patients, the probe was not washed, nor were our hands washed. I was able to do the exams/checkups mostly by myself and it was pretty cool to experience that.

In 24 hours, I will be at the airport in Chennai. I'm hoping I don't run into any problems in Mumbai, but we'll see. I heard that I also may have to go through customs in Germany even though all I have is a layover. I'm not sure if I will have to do that in Germany, Seattle, and Anchorage or just Anchorage. Hopefully just my final destination because that would be a pain.

Keep your fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong in Mumbai again! I'll see you all soon!